Installing LinuxCNC On HP T610 Thin Client

For interest I installed Bullseye and then MX21 on this machine.  Neither will show the onboard NIC. I didn't bother going any further as I basically had a "F you Debian" moment.  How stupid is an OS that sees the onboard NIC just fine during install, even uses it to update latest packages and then when boots post install refuses to see said NIC anymore.  Ok - rant off.  Now I remember why I went to Arch Linux on these for py3.

If anyone has some magic sauce on how to make it see the onboard NIC under Bullseye or derivative I would love to know.

Cheers.
 

You can always try the non free version of Debian:
cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/no...ee/amd64/iso-hybrid/
Choose what desktop you like, then see this:
forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...cnc-2-8-on-debian-11
Then since you use QtPyVCP a lot, see here:
www.qtpyvcp.com/install/bullseye.html

tommylight wrote:

Then since you use QtPyVCP a lot, see here:
www.qtpyvcp.com/install/bullseye.html

Don't mind me laughing Tommy. Joco wrote those instructions! image missing /media/kunena/emoticons/smile.pngimage missing /media/kunena/emoticons/cheerful.png

According to modinfo tg3 supports that NIC.

One thing you may want to check after boot is to check if the kernel is recognising the NIC and if there is any missing firmware.

firmware: tigon/tg3_tso5.bin
firmware: tigon/tg3_tso.bin
firmware: tigon/tg3.bin

If you just want the firmware these may just be the ones:
anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/sources/linux-firmware/tigon/
Apparently they should live here:
/lib/firmware/tigon/



If you want to leave it for a couple of days mine should be arriving by post and I can have a quick look to see what's happening.

Wasn't dave having no luck with Bullseye ?

On a hunch I did an apt update/upgrade on MX21 and rebooted.  tg3 (which was loading before) is now recognising the nic.  Didn't get that joy on Bullseye (non free xfce version).  But I will "give it another crack" just to prove to myself I haven't missed the point.

Cheers - J.

rodw wrote:

tommylight wrote:

Then since you use QtPyVCP a lot, see here:
www.qtpyvcp.com/install/bullseye.html

Don't mind me laughing Tommy. Joco wrote those instructions! image missing /media/kunena/emoticons/smile.png

I do not mind at all, i do mind that i did not know that, so that is another reason to laugh !
But i did try those instructions with a bit of shortcut as i downloaded BigJT's precompiled LinuxCNC, and it all works perfectly well.
Just in case:
-download nonfree Debian 11, install
-update, upgrade, install RT kernel
-download JT's deb's, install with gdebi
--after this QtPlasmaC works
-install QtPyVCP stuff